SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SI FOUNDATION

Soroptimist International Foundation is a global organisation collecting appeal donations from 5 member Federations and the public. The Foundation makes grants to providers that educate, empower and enable women and girls. Projects and programmes are funded in countries where need has been identified to improve the lives of women and girls.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£70k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity held total net assets of £220,137 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £113,081. The Trustees report that no formal reserves policy has been established because the Charity has little to no fixed overheads and pays out grants only from funds received. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: pay out grants only from funds received (held: £113k)
No formal policy has been established for holding reserves as the Charity has little to no fixed overheads and therefore the Charity's policy is to pay out grants only from funds received. — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Other creditors is a balance owed to the Corporate Trustee, S I (Soroptimist International) Limited.
Other creditors is a balance owed to the Corporate Trustee, S I (Soroptimist International) Limited. — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Albania · Anguilla · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belgium · Benin · Bolivia · Brazil · Bulgaria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£70k£56k
31/12/2024£70k£135k
31/12/2023£205k£176k
31/12/2022£282k£96k
31/12/2021£201k£143k

Common questions

Is SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity held total net assets of £220,137 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £113,081. The Trustees report that no formal reserves policy has been established because the Charity has little to no fixed overheads and pays out grants only from funds received. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.